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Unshakeable Daily Christian Devotional Podcast / Episode: Strength in Weakness (2 Corinthians 12:9)

“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” These timeless words from 2 Corinthians 12:9 anchor today’s inspiring daily devotional prayer. Reverend Ben Cooper challenges the world’s relentless demand for strength with a heart-level invitation: your vulnerability is actually the gateway to God’s unmatched power.

Devotional Summary

In our digital age, pressure to look capable and flawless can suffocate spiritual authenticity. Yet Scripture flips that narrative: weakness becomes strength when God’s grace fills the gaps we cannot fill ourselves. Paul’s paradox—that divine power rests most powerfully on the broken—shifts our focus from self-reliance to Christ-reliance.

Reverend Cooper beautifully unpacks how coming to the end of yourself is actually the start of what God desires to do in you and through you. As he emphasizes:

“When we stop hiding our weakness, God steps in. Our surrendered hearts become His strongest vessels.”

This episode encourages you to lean into vulnerability rather than mask it. In your workplace, family life, or daily struggles, surrendering to God’s grace becomes your strength. You don’t have to hide your pain; you simply need to hold it in God’s hands.

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Chapters

• 0:00 Introduction to Unshakable
• 1:00 God's Grace is Sufficient
• 3:56 Surrendering Our Weaknesses
• 5:10 Prayer for Divine Grace
• 10:11 Boasting in Our Weaknesses
• 14:25 Closing and Support Information

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:15

Welcome to Unshakable, a daily Christian devotional podcast. I'm Reverend Ben Cooper and each day we open up God's Word to strengthen our faith, encourage our hearts and help us stand firm on the gospel of truth, no matter what life throws our way. This is a listener supported podcast and we cannot do this without you. If this ministry has blessed you, please consider supporting us by buy me a coffee just three pound per month. You can find this on rbchristianradionet. Every gift makes a difference. Your support helps us reach more people with the gospel of jesus christ around the world.

Speaker 1: 0:53

Let's dive into today's daily devotional and discover the power of god's unshakable truth. If you're with us, please turn to the book of two Corinthians 2 Corinthians, chapter 12. What a beautiful text we are in today. 2 Corinthians, chapter 12, verse 9. God's grace is sufficient. You know his grace is sufficient for you, wherever you are across this world. We want to encourage you today to hold it fast in the word of God 2 Corinthians, chapter 12, wherever you are, whatever life looks like. But this is what the scripture says. But he said to me my grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. Therefore, I will boast all the more gladly about my weakness, so that Christ's power may rest on you. Let's just pause a moment as we be still and realize that the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords is in our lives. The Bible is extremely clear 2 Corinthians, chapter 12, verse 9. But he said to me let me tell you, god is speaking to you Wherever you are across this beautiful world. The power of the holy spirit is speaking directly to you tonight, this morning, this evening, wherever you are, as you join us for this daily christian devotional podcast.

Speaker 1: 2:17

As we open up god's word, and god's word opens up our heart, we want to want to encourage you to stay in the word of God in 2 Corinthians, chapter 12, verse 9. But he said to me my grace is sufficient for you. When I think about the grace of the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit, when I think about the power and the glory of God and everything that God does for us, when I really think about his love and his mercy and his favor, when I think about that word grace, you know, I'm so grateful that the grace of God and the power of the Holy Spirit is over my life and your life, wherever you are at this moment in time. Whatever your time zone is today, whatever the day is, whatever the hour is, I need to remind you, my brother and sister in Christ Jesus, be encouraged today. Be encouraged by the power of the word of God that has been released into your spirit, your heart, your mind, wherever you are. Are you on the commute at this moment in time? Are you on the school run? Are you at home? Are you working at home? Are you at your desk? Are you in school? Are you in education? Where are you at this moment?

Speaker 1: 3:31

Because God's word is telling you today to be encouraged, to be strong and just remind yourself. But he said to me this is what God is saying to you, the God of Israel, the father of Isaac, what God is saying to you, the God of Israel, the father of Isaac, jacob and Abraham. But he said to me in 2 Corinthians, chapter 12, verse 9, let me repeat myself, you know. But he said to me my grace is sufficient for you, for my power. Do you realize that God's power is made perfect in weakness? If I take myself as an example, when I'm weak, then he is strong, so the weaker I am in myself, and that comes to the point of what we call surrender, and we find that surrendering is the most harduous, the most awkward area of life, because we are created in such a way. Now, when I'm talking about created, I'm referring to what the world wants to do is it tries to create us into social robots. It tries to create us into people that we're not. But I've got to understand who I am in Christ and who are you this morning, this afternoon or this morning? Where are you in this world? Who are you today? I want to remind you that the grace of God is sufficient for you. Don't worry what the world is saying. The power of God is for you. If God is for me, who can be against me? Let's just take a moment as we just discover this power right now, but before we do, let's just pray.

Speaker 1: 5:10

Father, in the name of Jesus, we come to you at this hour wherever we are, and we realize that your grace is sufficient for us. So, wherever we are today, let your mercy, your favor, your goodness, your love, your grace, your unconditional love strengthen myself and every one of us today, wherever our brothers and sisters are. We pray that the mercy of god, the favor of god and the grace of god that we've been reading will carry us through our workspace today. Lord, if any of my brothers and sisters and the listeners on this uh podcast at this moment in time, if any of them are worried and fearful through this daily devotional, lord, will you allow your glory just to open their hearts. Open their hearts today, god. Let the power of the holy spirit be so strong in their lives that they feel your love and your mercy and your goodness.

Speaker 1: 6:04

But, father, the scripture that we have read, dear God and heavenly Father, we ask you right now that we will realize that your grace, that God's grace, is sufficient. In 2 Corinthians, chapter 12, verse 9, father, I realize, as a human being, but as a born again, spirit-filled believer, that your grace is sufficient. For me, your grace is stronger than fear. Your grace is stronger than doubt. Your grace is stronger than weakness. Your grace is greater than doubt. Your grace is greater than worry. Your grace is greater than any trouble across this world.

Speaker 1: 6:46

And I come to you today, lord, and I ask you, lord, for myself and everybody, lord, that your grace will accelerate in our lives, that we will feel the power of the Holy Spirit, that your goodness and your mercy will be so strong over our lives. Lord, we want favor to rain down on us. Lord, can your grace and favor rain down on each and every one of us at this hour? Lord, wherever we are across this beautiful world, I pray as we listen to this Christian devotional podcast, we will feel the rain of God. Lord, let it rain over our lives today. Let the presence of God just rain down and give us grace that goes beyond human understanding.

Speaker 1: 7:31

Spirit of the living God, we need you, jesus. We need it as life applications. Help us, lord, to put this into a practical stretch in our lives. Father, not just as a spiritual exercise, god, but help us to be practical with the scripture. Help us to understand how to apply it to our lives, how to get that measure right. So, lord, through these prayer moments, I ask you for every ear that is hearing, lord, that the spirit of the living God will encourage them and we will realize that your grace is sufficient for us. Your grace overpowers doubt. Your grace overpowers weakness. Your grace overpowers, lord, our heart and our mind, and your grace will take full charge of our lives.

Speaker 1: 8:19

Lord, we don't want to live by our mindset. We don't want to live by our focus. We don't want to live by what is in our mind. We want to live by the spirit of the living god. And when we live by the spirit of the living god, we live by faith. And, lord, faith brings grace. Grace brings everything that we require.

Speaker 1: 8:38

So, lord, wherever we are today, lord, I thank you that your grace is made perfect. Perfect power, lord, perfect goodness, perfect love. Merciful King of kings, lord of lords, great I am, you are worthy of all praise. So, lord, through this prayer time, will you strengthen my sisters and brothers. Lord, through this prayer time, will you carry us in the name of Jesus. Lord, through this prayer time, will you enrich our lives today, lord, father, we need you in our lives like never before lives. Today, lord, father, we need you in our lives like never before. We need the power of God, your mercy, your favor, your greatness, spirit of the living God, we pray today that your love will just come and rain down on us. But, lord, as we pray through 2 Corinthians, chapter 12, verse 9,. But he said to me my grace is sufficient for for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. So come holy spirit. I will therefore boast all the more gladly about my weakness, so that christ power may rest on me. Father, I thank you for your word today and lord as we just rest in this prayerful position. Wherever we are lord, we pray that the Holy Spirit will carry us. Lord in Jesus' glorious name, amen.

Speaker 1: 9:57

Brothers and sisters, can I take us back to the scripture a moment? Wherever you are in this quick-fired 15-minute Christian daily devotional podcast, I want to take us back to verse 9, where we started. But he said to me my grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. Let's go to the second part of this text. Therefore, I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses so that Christ's power may rest on me. I'm going to boast more gladly, according to the word, about my weaknesses.

Speaker 1: 10:38

Isn't it interesting that the world wants to tell us about our weaknesses and the world tries to run us down because of our weaknesses. But the scripture says I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses. So when I boast about my weaknesses and when I express my weaknesses, when I come to the realization that my weaknesses are for christ's sake, so that his power may rest on me, I find this fascinating. Wherever you are at this moment in time, the world wants to tell us that we are weak, insufficient, we are no good, we are no one.

Speaker 1: 11:21

But the Bible says, through this great, great writer, the writer Paul as we look at this, you know, I believe Paul was one of the greatest writers the world has ever seen, was one of the greatest writers the world has ever seen, and he went through trials, he went through tribulations, he went through doubts, he went through fears, he went through pain and anguish. But one thing I learned from Paul he never gave up and he realized that when I'm weak and downtrodden, that's when the power of God works in me and through me. So if you are at work today and you feel weak and you feel lost in culture and life, if you are at home and you feel down trodden, if you are just in life itself and you feel that through social media it is making you feel down trodden and you are feeling pushed aside and you don't fit in, that's okay. You know, the bible is extremely clear. So that christ power may rest on me, I pray today that the power of god and the holy spirit will rest on you, that the spirit of the Father, the Son, the Holy Ghost, the glory of God through Christ Jesus will carry you through your life.

Speaker 1: 12:40

Let's just reflect one more time before we close in prayer today 2 Corinthians 12, verse 9. But he said to me my grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. Therefore, I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses so that Christ's power may rest on me. You know what I'm glad I've got weaknesses.

Speaker 1: 13:09

I'm glad that it looks like there's no hope in my life, because when there looks like there's no hope in my life, because when there looks like there's no hope, there's all hope, because that is a point of surrender. When I come to the end of myself, I come to the beginning of what God is going to do. So just because we look weak, according to the world, christ will strengthen us in the weakness and in the tragedies and in the fears and in the doubts. When it looks like, when it looks like, according to the psalmist, my back is against the wall and I was pushed back and I was about to fall. But then it says but Christ, christ alone caught me. When we are weak, then he is strong. There's no other greater place to be is to be in a place of weakness, but in strength, in the Holy Spirit. Wherever you are.

Speaker 1: 14:06

Today, we want to encourage you never give up, but we're just going to bring this to some form of a pause until we see you speak to you and carry this podcast on tomorrow. You know you are blessed and highly favored, so we want to say thank you right now, but let's just pray. Father, in the name of Jesus, we thank you for the rawness of this podcast. We thank you for all the platforms that it's going out on right now. But, spirit of the Living God, I pray that you'll strengthen my brothers and sisters and we will realize that there is power in weakness. Come Holy Spirit. In the mighty name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost, thank you for joining us today on Unshakable, a daily Christian devotional podcast.

Speaker 1: 14:55

If today's episode, this devotion, has blessed you, please consider sharing this to your church, to your families, to your leaders and whoever you have on your social networks. It helps more people discover the Word of God. Please remember that this is a listener supported ministry and we can't do this without you. So please, if you can, we would love you to support us through prayer, which is crucial, and through monetary. Please, if you can. Can you go to rbchristianradionet and it's called buy me a coffee just three pound a month. May god bless you. I'm reverend ben cooper. Stay strong, stay rooted and I'll see you tomorrow for another unshakable word from Scripture.